loup-garou

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George Rodrigue, who died in 2013, was catapulted to fame by his blue dog paintings, which were based on a Cajun legend called loup-garou.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2015

When the show began, patrons viewed a cinema which showed the cheetah, by this time almost as legendary as a loup-garou, retrieving duck and pheasant.

From Time Magazine Archive

And has not Jacques told me of how you killed the loup-garou; of how you are hated by Moncrossen, and feared by Creed?

From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

Marie de France in her "Lays" included the Breton romance of Bisclaveret, the loup-garou.

From Masters of the Guild by Lamprey, L.

"The loup-garou is a man, but he takes the form of a wolf."

From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell